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The Washington critic., 1887-03-01
Lafayette square.

Due north from the White House is Lafayette
Square, the first public reservation In Wash
ington that was improved. It contains the
Clark Mills. Many Of Its trees are old forest
uonarchs, hundreds Of years old. II Is In
part specimen of the old formal landscape
gardening so fashionable In England two
ported into this country. Lafayette Square
was, one hundred years ago, part ST grave
yard that enclosed the square north, on
which st. Johns Church Is built, and the
torney. Generals Office formerly the Freed
mans Bank), the Surgeon Generals office
and Riggs Bank (both In the building for
merly used as the United States Bankl,
teenth ard a.half and II streets, and the
old Club House, near which Philip Barton
Key was killed by Daniel Z. Sickles, Mem.
Der OF Congress from New York. The last
bodies from this graveyard were not 70.
mnIod until lSlQ.
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The Peace Monument.

Just half way across the Avenue from the
northeast angle of the Botanical Garden.
And at the west foot of the Capitol Grounds
Is the Peace Monument. This was de-
signed by Admiral Porter In honor Of the
II Is of marble and cost. win pedestral md
platform $4,000. 1t Is proposed to remove
this monument to one Of the squares on the
northwest section.
Retraciup our stems we find
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hc InterIOr Depnl,tmeut.

The Interior Department.
or, as It Is popularity termed, the Patent Of
fee, occupies the two squares between Sey-
enthand Ninth and i and q streets. IL is
built In the Dorio style, and Is an admirable
specimen of the boidest and coldest Of the
Greek styles. II contrasts finely with the
General PostoiiiCe, which X Corlnthian, the
most ornate of the pure Greek modes OF
architecture. The curiosties OF the Patent
Office are the model rooms, whore many
thousands of ideas have been materiallzed
and exhibit themselves to the gaze In every
stage of invention. This building, like most
of the Government offices, Is open to tho
visitor from 0 u. IN to 2 p. m. The libraries
Of the Interior Department are well worthy
of visit The great Inauguration ball at
Llncoln's second term took place In the
Patent ONCE.
Masonic Temple.
Westward from the Patent Office across Ninth
street at its intersection with y
street Is the handsome Masonic
Temple, erected In ises. This build.
ing Is one OF the most complete In Its ar
rangements OF any building consecrated to
Masonic uses in the country.
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TO Mt. Vernon and far over the virginia
hills. The building Is IN tho italian Rennis-
sance. II is 5C5 feet long and 343 feet wide.
Its greatest height is iss feet. and the nag,
floating over the central portion, ia,ints !n
the breeze higher up than any other nag In
the city. not excepting those above tho
Senate and House OF Representatives. The
cost Of the building was five millions OF dol.
lars. about three times as mnch ns tho
White House, and, we think, as much as
the Capitol.
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The NnyuI ObscryntOry,
G Agricultural Department.

This building Is situated east of the Monu-
ment. II Is enclosed by tho most beautiful
and glowing flower garden in the country
and the grounds contain the most complete
Attached to this Department are the Ex.
perimental Gardens, whose Offices are i'm
inediately west of the main building. The
Belt Line cars 20 right past the grounds.
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The Treasury Department.

The Treasury Department Is east OF the White
House and extends the whole length of the
front between Pennsylvania ana New York
avenues. II Is 5S2 feet long by 800 feet wide.
The central east portion Is built of freestone,
rebuilt in ls36-4i, while the other parts were
commenced In 1855 and built Of granite
The Cash Room In this building is beau
tiful apartment In the north wing, the en-
trance TO which Is from the north porch,
The vaults are under the Cash Room and
can be seen on a written permit given by
the treasurer of the United States, whose
ofilce Is In the north east angle on tho lrst
floor. This permit must be shown the cash.
Ter who will detail guides to take the visl.
tor into the great bullion chests OF the uoun-
try, The old State Department used to be
on the site occupied by the northeast cor
ner of the Treasury
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st. Johns p. E, Church, which has been often
called the State Church because more Presi.
dents have worshipped there than at any
teenth streets. 1t was built In 1916 and en-.
larged In 1870. In 1t have worshipped Pres
idcnts Madison, Monroe, John Quincy
Adams (though the latter was u Congrega-
tlonalist) Martin Van Buren,, though he be-
longed to the Dutch Reformed Church, ilar-
rison, Tyler. Polk, Taylor, Fillmore Though
the latter was Unitaran), Pierce, Buch'
anaR and Arthur. Presidents Lincoln,
johnson and Grant have also attended Di.
vine services here although not steadily. Its
interior reminds one very forcibly OF the
old, dim English country Episcopal churches.
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The great money mill OF the Government Is
street southwest, southeast from the Monu.
ment and southwest from the Agriculture
Bureau. 1t Is reached by the Belt Line
Cars, and Is opened to visitors every day.
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WASHINGTON, MARCH 81, 1887.
MIsERLY, but NOT MEAN.

The late Jose Scvilla of Peru, who
left an estate worth a million and a
half, left also the reputation OF being
a miser, but any man who bequeaths
half million dollars to be expended In
the establishment of school for poor
girls must have lived, as well as died,
10 some purpose.
1t was doubtless one of the chief
pleasures of the deceased to make and
accumulate money, but the disposition
which he made of his estate shows that
another and perhaps the greatest of ali
his pleasures, was the ever present con.
sciousness that be was boarding his dol.
lars and denying himself The luxuries
of life, In order that others born iuto
the world untcr adverse ana helpless
conditions might liud mVpiucSs 10 the
fiult Of his labuis
Humanity vii never he any the worse
off for misers such rs these Unpront.
able ms their lives may seem, and un.
profitable as they certainly would be II
their property were undisposld OF By
will, or left to be wrunglcd over by
heirs eager to squandcr II, they are yet
10 lie numbered among the benefactors
of their race.
If 1t were not the habit of the Pc.
ruvian millionaire 10 spend money
freely for himself or others so long as
he lived, it can hardly be set down to his
sordidness, for the really sordid man
never expands to the conception of q
great philanthroplc idea. lie had an
evident fondness and aptitude for gain,
but 1t was not the sort of idolatry that
debases the sympathies and perverts
the intellect. lie lived and labored for
a noble object, and thousands of the
beneilciaries of his wealth--the female
children Of the poor of New York, to
whom the world too often turns cold
and chilling sidc-will have reason, as
the years roll by, 10 bless the misers
name.
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The Prcsident's Grim smiIc,

A few days since, says the Baltimore
Si1's Washington correspondent, a proml,
nent citizen OF a far Southern State called
at the White House To see about the pros
poets OF friend for whom he wanted an
Office. The President Informed him that
bis friend had not only been appointed, but
bis commission had been issued. The
PRESIDENT then continued: although |
have appointed your friend, and his COM
mitsion is in his pocket cannot say thai
] know any thing about him. VINO Is he ~
well, Mr. Presideut,n was the response,
"he Is the man who helprd me 20 give you
our state delegation at Chicago, which Fact
contributed very materially tD your MONT
nation, hut ! cautioned him, above all
Things, not TO let You know this, for was
satisfied II he ia sou would be- sure not to
appoint him. The President smiled some.
what grmly at this. hut made no further
subject.
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NOrfs Avn nossir.

Trr uceir's of Eisu Ho1n's fourteen
ltiioruargts o. sau Funtisgo were $1,000.
lssrs,10u W,tSau Nutu leave, far
Oregon cad C4i.fomis tLis p,sl 20 b. gone
n,rft.
WUI vHi watching pork, tlueflne
Wllhi url rurslrE us Ifepfy rsutte Cht
gEg D. tTi pfg'it tHJ these ltya-lN.
y l'uurv.
~ is fumorei Iu brooklyn that Theodore
1Iliun viii shortly return t1 Neu York to
aaumo me career that vat 90 ferioutly
Interrupted Zen ycat ago.
M uiArr, who has le,n engaged TO-
'omc time iu the revision u be speeoh ,s
ard Tapcn, proposes a Whit 10 be daughter.
Me torpingtf, out iu the lodiau r,uit1y
neat mouth,
TN ptmocfailr state Convention of
Kentucky, uhirh 10 10 meet on iho iti of
May iuf the u0iniuatiou ~ state onitcrs. 10
ie voted Tor AZ the August election, will
consist q 40 delegates.
EN.CoSUur.suAS w. p. ESousu, who
went On 90 Liverpool In spite of the suii of
Mrs. Lucy Case Tor ifcich of promise. has
sen, TO Deputy sheriff Crawford u New
rival.
Mn. GroBou W. Cnnps is having por.
tnit Of the late General Graut painted for
the West Point Academy. Il Il being COP.
led from a picture taken In is3G that Mrs.
Grant regards as the beet photograph Of him
ever made.
Nh 4. y. DHENri, The philadelphla mii.
iaifc, II Is sail Will soon leave Tor Ger.
many TO Try the waters Of Caflstad. fH the
moaltimc, will view 10 contingencies. be-
boz huili inngtil'put tomb in Woodland
c'm'iery Tor bis lual reception.
icy guarded ~ lovers sum,tIuos viii;
\u"'d they'd it striurrrs cyrfmue.
Ana never sEh, "lt might have been
He called one dsJ, shr met him at the
door
He saii, as be touched Lis dtrby'F ifIn,
"Miss Brown, is itupif yuur father Ia i"
she eltd hiin with . ofusting sriH.
Ma sHld, in Is tone lls tUul appalled,
lie o. not; who shall t'iI bin caiirIfH
iafllrs liagtr.
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BRiLi.IANTs.

towards die many dimes before their ,IoatI1
The valiant never taste oi death uu' u1uc
shakespeare,
Love watches u'er my quiet ways,
KIND voices speak my name
Ard lips that unI II hard to praise
ATo slow, al least, to blame.
How softly cbbthe tlles Of will!
how fields once lost ur won,
Now lIc behind mo green and siill
Beneath leyel sun! Whittier,
All the mean OF action
me shhlrless masses the materials
LIc cFnryWlcrc about Us. What we need
Is the celestial fire to change the flint
INTO Transparent crystal, bright and clear.
That fire Is genius .LJngfslll,y,
In spiritworlds he trod alone.
But walked the earth unmarked, unknown.
The near bystander caught no sound,
Yet they who listened far uloof
Heard rendings Of theskyey roof,
And felt, beneath, the qual.lng ground.
And his air-sown. unheoded words,
In the next age are flaming swords.
e,-lEmerson,
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AccoRDINo TO DIR. r, NJ. Prudien,
who recently lectured on the subject
in New York, an ordinary glass of
Croton water contains thousands upon
thousands of bacteria, and each one
of these minute organisms is "com.
mon carrier" of typhoid fever. Yet
out of 305 cases of contagious disease
reported in New York last week, there
were only eight of typhoid, and of
iI4s cases the week before, only five,
DR.. Prudden's bacteria must have sus-
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NEW BOOKS RECEIVED.

From Robert Beall, 40j Pennsylvania
avenue;
A CHILD or THE CENTURY. A Novel. By
John 4, Wheelwright. New York;
Charles Scribner's Sons.
From Wm. Ballantyne & Son, 42s Sew
enth street:
CENTURY or ELECTRICITY. BY Pro-
fessor 4. G. Mendenhall, Boston
Houghton, Mitilin Il Co.
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MRS. POTTER AND HER CRITICS.

If nothing were needed besides high
social connection, persistent advertis.
ing, the patronage Of the Prince and
Princess Of Wales, and the "inspira.
tions" of Worth, the famous Partisan
milliner and promoter of histrionic tri.
umphs, the forthcoming debut of Mrs.
james Brown Potter at the Haymarket
Theatre, London, might be set down
In advance as a rcspleudent success.
She is said to be rehcarsing daily
with indofatigable industry and sub.
mitting cheerfully 10 course of Ia.
borious discipline as though aware of
the hazard she Is about TO. run and
what is expected of her by friends of
Influence and distinction, who have as.
sented to, II not actually encouraged,
her theatrical aspirations
A London cablcgram to the New
York HraH, yesterday, intmates that
the ostentatlon with which she has
pushed herself forward and been
pushed as candidate for stage hanors
has provoked more or less inviiious
and unfriendly criticism in London;
but this in all probability Is confined
mainly to professional circles, where
Jealousy of pretentious amateur effort
invariably prevails. 1t is said that she
is making capital of her beauty, posing
as the pro'ege of royalty, accepting
pulfery from the press, which is not
only eXtravagant but premature, and
otherwise disporting herself as no pru.
dent and proper artist should; but all
this was to be expected. especially In
the case of lady who has uudoubt.
edly given the critics some cause for
acerb comment.
After all that's said and done, how.
ever, Mrs. Potter may confound her
enemies and commend herself to the
rcdoubled consideration Of her admir-.
ing friends. She should certainly not
be hissed of the stage during a rehear-
sal nor ruthlessly cauterized for indis.
creilons of utterance or act prior to the
crucial test of her merit before the
public.
Her tailor. made inspirations, to
the construction Of which Worth has
devoted the full strain Of his intellect
for some time past, are described as
delicious" and Charming" and at
the same time elegant and taste.
fu'." These accessories to success,
combined with her personal graces,
will of course carry weight with Ger.
tain element of Mrs. Poucrs auditory
which no criticism can reach. II,
added TO these, there are developed
traces Of genuine dramatic genius, she
will have yindicated herself to two
admiring hemispheres,
The report that Mrs. Po,tcr's father
and husband were both upon her track
with desperate intent to forbid the
bans, is to be taken with some alloy.
ances. Having gone so far as to euler
into an engagement from which there
can be no retracli0n now without hu.
initiation If not dishonor, she will
doubtless have her own way to the
end, let the consequences be what they
may.
The "fever of the coullssc, as they
call II In London, must have Its run. Il
will culminate on her first public ap.
peaTance early next week.
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DIdnt do Itn,nr nm tInrnlnr.

The Deer Isle Gu=ctr tolls uhou, two meu
getting lost, and concludes with The para
graph: "We understand they dill not anI
their way home until chauilclerr 10 the al
Joining barnyard -eut forth his greetings to
the auroTal dawn
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L,OE RENT-
FOR SAlE-HOUSES.

E'OR sALE-An Elegant Dwelling,
Il containing ~ rooms, near the Govern.
mcnt Printing Office; all modern improve.
mcnts and In excellent condition; price,
5000. Apply 70 or address "TIIE PYTlIIAN
WOllLD," "3li sth It n W.
EOR sALE-On Small Monthly Pay
Il monts, & new bricks, 8 RS. 81 200 each;
new bricks, O rs, all IN 1, Sl,dO0 each; store
and dwelling, si,oO0. ID. g. PROCTOR s SON,
1870 Est.
EOR sALE-15O Houses, Ranging in
Il price from si,250 to $1,000; terms of
payment from all cash TO SOS per month;
houses for homes or Investments houses to
suit everybody and In every part Of the city.
NOlrIll WASHINGTON REAL ESTATE CO.,
ile0 u Il W.
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HARRIS BlJOU lHlAIRE.

NIGHT PRlCEs-g5o. MATtSREs-eoc.
To All Parts of the House.
No extra charge for reserved seats,
Children bnlfprice at the Matlnees.
m Engagement Of the eminent actor, NEW
IuN BhElts ~ the supotb lyric spectacular
success, LOST IN LONDON, supported by the
origlnal New York company OF COMEDIANS
anu singers. and presenting car loads OF splen-
uli scenery, specially executed by the tincus
american artist, Henry E. llOyt Home % tho
swart King; lie, r. o Bloakmoor: the Fote OF
tomus. Illuminated sensation snow scene, and
Jobs Vision, beautiful and subllms pro.
ioguo without words. Legions Of celestial
celebrated Pan Pipe singers. Original songs,
dances costumes and calcium effects.
Next Meck-MATTIE lICkERs
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No extra charge for this one:
When is frame house not frame houseY
When an earthquake makes II rock.
Marion is a youngster who has been 20.
ing to school about q week. lie came home
at noon today radiant.
"Oh, mamma he exclaimed, al have
learned to spell word :"
my, my, you don't sayy' said his
mother, catching the spirit OF the kil,
"what ia tue word -
"'OX, mamma
"Aud how do you spell It, Marion ~
'H.o, OK Amt learning fast mammayr
The Car wept the other day when be
was rescued from the attempted dynamite
explosion. From which We infer that liv-
ing in Eussia must he sonetLiag worse
tlan dying there.
Rolls were called frequently In the army
during the war, but hard.tack was usually
served.
"Fanne,n said alSteenth-s,reet mother
to her pretty daughter "diln't hear
Frank kiss you last night when he went
away?"
mo man, you did mott replied the
daughter, Indignantly.
"NoS" said the mother, suspIclously.
mo, you didn't; because Frank shut the
parlor door before"
Then the girl stopped and blushed, and
blushed again, and made rush for her
own room.
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PERSONAL,
7 oaAs CAFE, SIs Io,h st. N. w.,

OGAN CAFE, 51S IOih st. N. w,
- near Il st. date Forsyth Cafc).
Our 10 and CSC. breakfast served from $3.50
9. m. TO II n. m. Dinner iPm TO D. m Sun
day, p. m. The best In the market only
used and cooked properly. An we ask Is
call TO be convinced OF the above
Bill OF fare Tnesdsy, March %, 1887:
BREAKFAST.
Beefstcak, with or without onions, liver
and bacon, lamb or mutton chops, sausage,
ham. eggs.
with any Of the above articles you aro on.
Titled TO hot and cold breads, butter, Dota-
toes, fruit or sauce, with coffee, toa or milk
DINNER.
Soups-Vegetabie and maccnronl.
beef.
Vcgctables-Potat boiled onions, kale,
sweet potatoes, hominy, spiced beets.
pesserts-Apple, peach and mince pies,
farina pudding, coffee, tea or milk.
a, We serve nothing but. Hrs.cass articles.
tno best c9hee to be had In the city, made In
French Drip Glass-Lined Urn.
W. 4. LOGAN, Proprietor.
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FOR RENT...HOUSES,
EOR RENT

49, =
Tor RENT-Pau of T-Room house,
i. either LIST or ID floor; furnished or un-
furnished. 190S Sth Il Il w
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DlME MUSEUM.
K ERNAN'S WASHINGTON THEATRE.

The Original Ash.box Inspectors.
Sheehan & Coyne! Sheehan E. Coyne!
AND A HOST OF SPECIALITY ARTISTS,
In the new and original comedy,
GROGAN's ELEvATION.
New Songs. New Dances. New Costumes.
NEW AND NOVEL SCENERY.
Mutinees Mon, Tues, Thurs and Sat
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pended operations as Common ctr-
riers" since the passage ~ The Inter.
state Commerce hiIl
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A MEETING is TO be held at Cooper
Institute, New York, this evening,
under the auspices Of the Municipal
Council of the Irish National League,
10 protest against the renewed coercive
policy threatened by the British Gov.
ernment. Among the speakers an.
nounced are eX Judge Noah Davis, eX.
Governor Albeit of New Jersey, and
Governor Biggs Of Delaware. OF the
political rank and file who usually
make themselves conspicuous on such
occasions there seems TO te deirth.
REy. JUSTIN d. FULTON, late of the
Centennial Baptist Church of Brook.
lyn proposes to devote his evangelstic
energies in the future to the cOnver.
sion of the Roman Catholic Church.
This is much too large contract. Mr..
Fulton will tire of it and the people
will tire of Mr.. Fulton. The talents
God has given him will be squandered,
and all he will have to show for it will
be little Improbable notoriety.
IL his sermon on the death of Henry
Ward Beecher yesterday Rev. Robert
Collyer of New York said that Green.
wood was now as sacred as Mount
Vernon" 1t is remarks like these that
account for the invention of that un.
couth term, "1lapdoodlc.
THE President undoubtedly wishes
by this time that he had vetoed the
Interstate Commerce bill.
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The President undoubtedly wishes
by this time that he had vetoed the
Interstate Commerce bill.
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EDUCATIONAL.
z,|EWEEE/AW

BUSINESS COLLEGE.
In commodiotls halls, National Bank Of thg
Republic Building, southwest corner seventh
and y streets. Established In 1854 More
than 10000 students have been trained In this
College: Services of Its graduates always In
demand. Thorough instruction given In
spondonce, Rapid Calcul, tions, Bookkeeping,
business Practice, Commercial Law, Political
Economy, Sienography and Type Writing.
Regular day and evening sessions, a m, o
p. N. Illustrated Circular sent free on appli.
cation. Telephone call, s1i-e.
- HENRY q. SPENCER. Principal.
MRS. SARA A. SPENCER, Vice.Pfincipai.
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f'oR RENT-A New Desirable Nine
II room house; all mod imps; 9!i lith st
W, one square below Burcan of Engraving
N Printing; rent reasonable. Inquire at 0ls
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| oNhNN NhllilNlh W NIll
wAsmNcros dispatch To- lhc Naw
York SIM this morning reads 1 fll.
lows:
II isnow given uuf bf t.H .fTrH.Hrt H 'I"
second term campaign uH' NE t.'r.iHl
really does not lo-.ru pa. f...",t.Hu, hH' hr
does desire u denomination iH 900 'nIHrf.Hrri
| " his Administration. IhIs. Do rendered. viii
| be declined with thanks
The managers Of the second term are
certainly generous In what they give
out, but there still remains an unccr.
tainty as TO whether their good faith u
equal TO their generosity. II would be
in accord with what Mr.. Cleveland has
previously said In regard to second
term that lie should decline TO become
q candidate In lSss, but any such cut
and.dried performance as here pre-.
figured over year before the meeting
of the Convention robs both the
dcclination and Endorsement Of all
dignity and proper political effect.
We are rather disposed to think that
the manager" have given out moth.
ing of the kind.
UNrRECEDENTED preparations have
been made In Germany for the cclc.
bration of Emperor William 8 ninc,ioth
birthday, which occurs tomorrow.
The whole empire has put on its holi.
day attire aud the grand old man per.
ceives In every direction the most dem.
onstrative evidences Of the affection In
which he is held by his people, Eighty
years ago he received his commission
as subaltern in the Royal Grenadicrs
and has been in the army ever since.
He ascended the throne of Prussia in
1851 and In 1871 was crowned Emperor
of United Germany.
DUS & Go. S E,ricr NJ Tr3c, for the
week ending Saturday, snys that the
Interstate Commerce act Is affecting
business unfavorably. "thc uncertainty
as to future rates producing almost
paralysis. which is rendered more So.
rious in the iron business by the qucs.
ton whether railway building and re.
pairing may not be checked What
makes II all the worse is the great
length of time which may he required
to definitely interpret the law, obtain
judicial decisions on It's doubtful
points and reduce its operations to a
good working system.
Mrs. LAMADRID, the philanthropic
New York woman, who recently un.
dertook to furnish the poor people of
that city with penny.lunches, reports
satisfactory progress and a good many
grateful customers. The forebodings
of Mayor Hewitt that the scheme
would have the effect of attracting
numberless tramps 10 the city, and
thereby adding to the idle population,
do not seem to be realized. Mrs. Lam.
adrid's table is not good enough to |
suit the fastidious taste of the average |
tramp; consequently he bestows his
patronage elsewhere.
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oh was It |, or was It you,
That broke the subtle chain that ran
Between us two, between us twoY
oh was II |, or was II your
Mora Perry.
oh Nora, Nora, how could you,
OF any man that question ask
And you, woman, too
OF course, oh, Nora, II was you
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,S5H Dr. .. a. sieLEA,'. Dsatlst.

- 10 IHIITsI 0s7I-L'
tiFst-olaass work az moderate p-iCs8. Gold
ana Amalgarn hlling. ATtlaci3l' Gowns Der.
inaneatly attached 70 roots. Guld,lnod Hub
treatIfent assured.